Entry for club time trials and hillclimbs is now open here.
Entry for the Ards/North Down Inter Club League is now open here.
See also the ICL rules here.
Ards Cycling Club organises a full programme of club races for its members from April through to September. Time trials, where riders race individually against the clock, are a great introduction into the world of bike racing. When you get fitter, and more comfortable riding in a group, then you might want to try our club road races as well.
Most races take place on Tuesday evenings – the full 2024 calendar is listed below. Links to the courses, and the results, are on the calendar. Various trophies are awarded annually for competition in club races. Click here for more details of these. We’ll try to keep an up-to-date list of leaders in the results pages against each race. We also award medals for riders reaching certain standard times in time trials. For a list of the standard times for each age group, click here.
This year we’re running an inter-club league with North Down Cycling Club. Events in this league are included below (marked ICL)
2024 Club Calendar
| Event | Date&Time | Location | Distance | Result |
| B9 Energy Storage Tour of Ards | 16 March, 10am | Portaferry GAA Club | 61 miles | here |
| 5 Mile TT | 2 April, 7pm | Ballygowan Road Comber | 5 miles | here |
| 10 Mile TT | 9 April, 7pm | Cloughey/Glastry | 10 miles | here |
| 10 Mile TT | 16 April, 7pm | Saltwater Brig | 10 miles | here |
| ICL (Ards CC) Elimination Race | 23 April, 7pm | Kirkistown | ~1 hour | here |
| ICL (North Down) 5 Mile TT | 1 May, 7pm | Groomsport | 5 miles | |
| 10 Mile TT | 7 May, 7pm | Cloughey/Glastry | 10 miles | |
| ICL (Ards CC) Road Race | 14 May, 7pm | Ballygowan | 25 miles | |
| ICL (North Down) RR | 22 May, 7pm | TBC | TBC | |
| Trail Quest | 28 May, 6:45pm | TBC | Up to you! | |
| Town Centre Races | 12 June, 7pm | Newtownards | Various | |
| Trail Quest | Late June, tbc | Tbc | Up to you! | |
| Magreechan Cup | 2 July, 7pm | Glastry | 25 miles | |
| 10 Mile TT | 23 July, 7pm | Saltwater Brig | 10 miles | |
| ICL (Ards CC) Road Race | 30 July, 7pm | Glastry | Tbc | |
| ICL (North Down) RR | 7 August, 7pm | Orlock | Tbc | |
| Champion of Champions 25 | 11 August, 9am | Portaferry Road, Newtownards | 25 miles | |
| 5 Mile TT | 20 August, 7pm | Ballygowan Road Comber | 5 miles | |
| Scrabo Hill Climb | 27 August, 7pm | Scrabo | 1.75 miles | |
| Bradshaw’s Brae | 3 Sept., 6.30pm | Kiltonga | 1 mile | |
| Tour of Strangford Sportive | 8 Sept., 9am | Newtownards | Tbc | |
| Christmas 10 Mile TT. | 25 Dec, 10am | Portaferry Road, Newtownards | 10 miles |
For calendars and results from previous years, click here.